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romney has gone before the cameras against to reintroduce himself to voters. he capped off the republican national convention by accepting the party's presidential nomination. nhk world reports from tampa, florida. >> reporter: mitt romney steed to the stage under the glare of lights and the flash of cameras. >> i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> reporter: the convention provided republicans with an opportunity for makeover. voters have seen the candidate. many wonder about mitt romney the man. >> to make that choice, you need to know more about me and where i lead our country. >> reporter: national polls suggest romney is lagging behind the president in likability. pollsters and pundits suggest that he's not approachable, even stiff. convention organizers called in a longtime ally. >> this man will not let us down. this man will lift up america. >> reporter: for days, republicans did their best to redefine romney. he closed the convention defining himself. he spent almost half his speech talking about himself, his upbringing, his
romney has gone before the cameras against to reintroduce himself to voters. he capped off the republican national convention by accepting the party's presidential nomination. nhk world reports from tampa, florida. >> reporter: mitt romney steed to the stage under the glare of lights and the flash of cameras. >> i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> reporter: the convention provided republicans with an opportunity for makeover. voters have seen the...
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how did he differentiate himself from mitt romney? >> as always, he ignited the arena, but the crowd in the arena was his supporters. i don't think it was a difficult task for him. the question is how his message will sort of translate and penetrate outside of the arena. and he did frame the election as a choice between two stark world views. i think as president clinton put it yesterday, it's a choice between, we're in it together philosophy -- that's the democratic philosophy -- and you're on your own philosophy, which is the republican philosophy. the conservative vision is a small government vision of the country. >> this time around, obama is entering as an incumbent. how will he reach out to voters this time compared to his last presidential election four years ago? >> yes. he can't run on the vague notion of hope and change as he did four years ago. the key phrase or the key term the obama campaign is sort of focusing on this time around is forward. and i think the subtext, of course, is that if you choose the romney/ryan ticke
how did he differentiate himself from mitt romney? >> as always, he ignited the arena, but the crowd in the arena was his supporters. i don't think it was a difficult task for him. the question is how his message will sort of translate and penetrate outside of the arena. and he did frame the election as a choice between two stark world views. i think as president clinton put it yesterday, it's a choice between, we're in it together philosophy -- that's the democratic philosophy -- and...
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how did he differentiate himself from mitt romney? >> as always, he ignited the arena, but the crowd in the arena was his supporters. i don't think it was a difficult task for him. the question is how his message will translate and penetrate outside of the arena, and he did frame the election as a choice between two stark world views. i think as president clinton put it yesterday, it's a choice between we're in it together philosophy, that's the democratic philosophy, and you're on your own philosophy, which is the republican philosophy. the conservative vision is a small government vision of the country. >> this time around, obama is entering as an incumbent. how will he reach out to voters this time compared to his last presidential election four years ago? >> yes. he can't run on the vague notion of hope and change as he did four years ago. the key phrase, the key term the obama campaign is sort of focusing on this time around is forward. and i think the subtext of course is that if you choose the romney/ryan ticket, you would have
how did he differentiate himself from mitt romney? >> as always, he ignited the arena, but the crowd in the arena was his supporters. i don't think it was a difficult task for him. the question is how his message will translate and penetrate outside of the arena, and he did frame the election as a choice between two stark world views. i think as president clinton put it yesterday, it's a choice between we're in it together philosophy, that's the democratic philosophy, and you're on your...
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. >> woodruff: and we assess the administration's foreign policy as mitt romney criticizes the president for the
. >> woodruff: and we assess the administration's foreign policy as mitt romney criticizes the president for the
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the stage is now set with the showdown with republican challenger mitt romney in the november election. >> ladies and gentlemen, i have been informed that barack obama is now our party's official nominee for president of the united states of america. >> before the roll call, former u.s. president bill clinton took the stage to make his case for why voters should give obama another term. >> i want -- i want barack obama to be the next president of the united states. and i proudly nominate him to be the standard bearer of the democratic party. >> clinton praised obama for his efforts to revive the economy. he said the president stopped the nation's slide and put the u.s. on the road to recovery. he also said republicans are asking voters to fire obama even though the previous administration left a mess that's not yet completely cleaned up. clinton said people who envision a country of shared prosperity and shared responsibility should vote for obama. the president is set to accept the nomination in a speech on thursday to wrap up the convention. >>> controversy has hit the convention ove
the stage is now set with the showdown with republican challenger mitt romney in the november election. >> ladies and gentlemen, i have been informed that barack obama is now our party's official nominee for president of the united states of america. >> before the roll call, former u.s. president bill clinton took the stage to make his case for why voters should give obama another term. >> i want -- i want barack obama to be the next president of the united states. and i...